Cicuta

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A genus of umbelliferous plants, containing four or five species, one European and three or four American.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.
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  • noun. Hemlock.
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  • noun. small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock
  • Word Usage
    "The cicuta is a frequent plant on this river; we found the fox grape this afternoon nearly ripe."
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